VETERAN INJURED

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 28, 3 February 1938, Page 13

VETERAN INJURED

T. CHAPLIN'S NASTY FALL

The veteran horseman T. Chaplin, who received a nasty fall off In Command at Ellerslie on Saturday, had only a week previously made a successful return at the Thames Meeting after having been off the scene in this sphere for a couple of years. The horse on whom he won was a newcomer, High Delight, whom he also trains. High Delight's success was notable in more ways than one. Not only was he the first horse trained by Chaplin to be started in a race, but his owner, Mr. C.,R. Powell, had only recently renewed his association with the sport after a spell of five years. The horse had shown promise in his work for some time, but had not been started till Mr. Powell was able to race him. Chaplin has always been noted for his ability in schooling "green" horses both over hurdles and steeplechase fences, and he has few superiors in the handling of "outlaws." He had his first ride. in a race over 25 years ago on a horse called Glad Tidings, and though he did not win on that occasion it was Glad Tidings who later carried him to his first riding success. After finishing his apprenticeship, with F. Stenning at Ellerslie, he put on a lot of weight, and that forced him to follow the calling of a hurdle rider. Thrace was his first mount over fences, and he afterwards won several races on this horse. Llewellyn was another jumper/ upon whom he won many races. : One of the most serious accidents that befell Chaplin in his long association with the Turf was on Pittsworth in the Autumn Steeples at Ellerslie. The horse was doing his work comfortably out in front and his rider was confident that he would win, when the usually safe fencer hit the stone wall at the bottom of the Straight. In the fall Chaplin suffered several broken ribs and a bleeding lung, and the "no hope" sign was hung up. Chaplin has reared a family 'of three, and he has a son, Jack, following the same calling. This lad is ap^. prenticed to the Awapuni trainer G. W.. New, and, with three successes to lis credit in the few months that he has been riding, the boy bids fair to establish a good name for himself in the profession. Young Chaplin rode Wild!flbwer to victory in the Ashhurst Cup on the sanie day' as his father was successful on High Delight at Thames.